Please DO NOT give your Ragdoll kitten
any chlorinated water for the first 3 – 4 weeks.
Give bottled water. Kittens are building enzymes for the
first 3 – 4 weeks in their new environment while
they adjust to the stress of a new home, and chlorine will
kill those enzymes. This can cause your kitten to have
loose stools and/or become ill.

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Your Ragdoll kitten is eating
NUTRO kitten formula as much
as he/she wants, whenever he/she wants. Please keep your
Ragdoll kitten on this feline formula until
he/she is 9 – 12 months of age. After that, slowly
switch your kitten to a high quality adult formula – low
in ash (magnesium & phosphorus). Free feed, unless
directed otherwise by your veterinarian. Please DO NOT
change your Ragdoll kittens diet abruptly. If you decide
to change brands or types of food, your Ragdoll kitten
may have loose stools and stomach upsets. To decrease these
symptoms, diet changes should ALWAYS be done very gradually
over a period of two weeks. NEVER change the diet to anything
less than a high quality food. A high quality food is not
only better for your Ragdoll kitten, but will also decrease
the number of stools produced during the day. Poor quality
foods are high in filler type ingredients.

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I recommend feeding wet food (as long as
it is of high quality) as little as possible. Feed wet
food only occasionally, for a treat. Remember that dry
food keeps away gingivitis and provides most all the protein
required, while the wet food provides little to no protein
required. NEVER be over generous with wet food or treats,
for too much of these are often the source of loose and
high odor stools.

I recommend clay, non-clumping litter for
the first 6 months of life. DO NOT give your kitten clumping
litter prior to 6 months of age, for clumping litter can
clog/constipate your kitten if eaten. NEVER give Ragdoll
kittens/cats the pearl/crystal type litter. It is advertised
that these types of litter absorbs all ammonia smells in
urine – imagine what it will do in the stomach if
eaten. Many people are happy with other safe litter alternatives
such as Yesterday’s News or Feline Pine.

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I recommend that if you have more than one level to your
home, that a litter box is available on each level. Remember
that your Ragdoll kitten is still a baby and needs his/her
litter box easily accessible. Picking your Ragdoll kitten
up occasionally and actually placing him/her in the litter
box will help to remind your kitten where the box is and
help to prevent accidents. DO NOT allow your kitten free
access of the entire house until you are sure he/she can
find his/her way to the litter box.

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All Pet Quality Ragdoll kittens are sold
with a spay/neuter contract.

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I do not recommend your Ragdoll kitten/cat
be vaccinated with the FIP vaccine. It is at best an unproven
vaccine and may be implicated in making your Ragdoll kitten/cat
more susceptible to the disease.

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I ALWAYS recommend that your Ragdoll kitten/cat
remains indoors. Outdoor cats are exposed to feline diseases.
For many of these diseases there are immunizations, (Feline
Infectious Peritonitis – FIP, Feline Leukemia Virus – FLV,
and Rabies) however; immunization is NOT an ironclad guarantee
that your Ragdoll kitten/cat will not catch communicable
infections. Immunizations only reduce and help prevent
the likelihood of infection or moderate the course of infection.
NEVER let your Ragdoll kitten/cat outdoors!

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Nail care is best if kept up regularly,
started at Lexes Dolls Ragdolls. A good pair of stainless
still clippers is what I recommend. Clip only the tip of
the nail being careful not to cut into the quick. Declawing
is strongly discouraged!

If you ever have any questions or concerns, Please feel
free to call me anytime at (520) 748-9163 or email me at trisha@lexesdolls.com